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MY NAME IS AMERICA Scramble

Unscramble the letters in each group to find the word (or words) that complete the sentence.  Hint: All the answers can be found in our MY NAME IS AMERICA feature!!

  1. A settler who came to America on the Mayflower
    was called a  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .  -- m i p r i g l


  2. The Cherokees called their tragic
    march from Georgia to Oklahoma the
    _ _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _ _ .
      -- s a r a t t e r f o i l (3 words)


  3. The builders of the Transcontinental Railroad
    believed Americans had a right to claim the land
    from coast to coast. This is called
    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
      -- t i n s i s t y a m n f e e d (2 words)


  4. Before the color barrier was broken, African-
    Americans like Jackie Robinson had been playing
    baseball for years in the
    _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
      -- g a r u s l e e g o n e (2 words)


  5. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941,
    many loyal Japanese-Americans were sent to prisons
    called  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      -- t r i m t e n e n n


  6. The two explorers who mapped much of the
    northwest territory for America were
    _ _ _ _ _  and   _ _ _ _ _ .
      -- w e l l a r s i c k


  7. The northern states and the southern states fought
    against each other in America's
    _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ .
      -- r a v i l w i c (2 words)


  8. The British considered William Emerson a spy, but
    we call him a  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
      -- t a t r o p i


  9. A person who leaves their homeland to come to
    America to live is called an
    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
      -- g r i m i m a n t


  10. In World War II many soldiers like Scott Collins
    headed for Normandy, France and landed on
    _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _  .
      -- b a h o c a h a m e (2 words)


And now that you've figured out all ten of the above, unscramble the letters underlined in red to complete this:

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